busy chiefly stresses activity as opposed to idleness or leisure. industrious implies characteristic or habitual devotion to work. diligent suggests earnest application to some specific object or pursuit. assiduous stresses careful and unremitting application. sedulous implies painstaking and persevering application.
Nike also sponsored association football players such as Ronaldinho, Ronaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Didier Drogba, Neymar, Zlatan IbrahimoviÄ, Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, Francesco Totti, AndrÃ©s Iniesta and Landon Donovan among others.
Nike, Inc. Apple Inc. Nike, Inc., formerly called (1964â78) Blue Ribbon Sports, American sportswear company headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon. It was founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports by Bill Bowerman, a track-and-field coach at the University of Oregon, and his former student Phil Knight. They opened their first retail outlet in 1966 and launched the Nike brand shoe in 1972. The company was renamed Nike, Inc., in 1978 and went public two years later.